Waiting to see “Secrets of Dumbledore”? Listen to the soundtrack!

As I wait to see Fantastic Beasts: Secrets of Dumbledore for the first time, I am eager for any clues to the film’s content — trailers, photos, graphic art from Mina Lima, interviews, etc. Now I can add the soundtrack to my list of preparatory materials for the film.

The composing and recording of this soundtrack was a time-consuming endeavour: It took 33, 3-hour recording sessions at Abbey Road Studios, over a period of 8 months, to nail down the tracks. That is not including rehearsal time for the many musicians, including the London Voices Choir, who brought the music of composer James Newton Howard to life. Howard composed the scores of the first two films in the Fantastic Beasts franchise as well.

Tracklisting:

1. I’m Expecting Someone
2. We Can Free Each Other
3. She’s Ready
4. Wyvern Rescue
5. Young Man’s Magic
6. I Know You Are There
7. Lally
8. Call Me Jacob
9. Countersight
10. A Message to Deliver
11. Insufficient Evidence
12. Do You Know What It’s Like?
13. Kama’s Memory
14. Same Blood
15. The Erkstag
16. Let Him Stand
17. Manticore Dance <- This must be the “swivel, but gently” scene!
18. Go to Him
19. Assassin!
20. Ted and Pick
21. The Escape
22. Kingdom of Bhutan
23. Powers of the Beast
24. Family History
25. Reanimation
26. The Room We Require
27. Surrounded
28. Hey Fellas
29. Case Chaos
30. A Full Heart
31. The Vote
32. He’s Lying to You
33. The Twin
34. He Sought to Kill, I Sought to Protect
35. I Was Never Your Enemy
36. The Promise
37. The Ceremony
38. Fantastic Beasts: The Secrets of Dumbledore
39. Heaven – Gregory Porter

The soundtrack is available via Amazon and various streaming services. To build anticipation for the film’s release, Warner Bros. released two of the tracks on YouTube on April 4, but you can access the entire soundtrack now. What do you think of it?